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Mass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 07:31 AM
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Great letter to the editor
Democratic Party's slogans and principles
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-le-monday13.2mar13,1,7158633.story?coll=la-news-comment

March, 13 2006

So Rosa Brooks has joined the bandwagon in deciding the reason Americans got stuck with President Bush for a second term is because the dastardly Democratic Party and, specifically, Sen. John Kerry, didn't come up with a sufficiently catchy slogan (Opinion, March 10).

There was absolutely nothing wrong with Kerry as a presidential candidate in terms of a message, diplomatic skills, fiscal responsibility, understanding issues or military credentials. The only reason we're stuck with Bush today is because there were just enough Americans who wanted to follow Bush down the path he has taken us.

Much as we may now wish for world history to go easy on us by understanding how the "other guy" just didn't have the right slogan, history is not going to blame Kerry or the Democratic Party for what we have done to ourselves and the rest of the world. It's going to blame the American people — as it should.

DAVID BANTLY

Pasadena
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TayTay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 07:40 AM
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1. Thank you Pasadena!
Wow! Now that is a great letter. Mr. Bantly nailed it and he is exactly right.
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karynnj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 07:48 AM
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2. It really is perfect
He summed up so much in so few words.
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fedupinBushcountry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 08:25 AM
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3. Right on
:applause:
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MH1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 08:47 AM
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4. Wow. That editorial is dead on.
Nice and succinct, too.

We should blog this one far and wide. I'm getting pretty flippin' tired of the "no slogan" and "Democrats can't capitalize" b.s. It is all only a media narrative anyway that has no basis in anything real.
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